Transcript REVIEW FOR 4 ½ WEEK TEST

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WHAT AM I?
8TH GRADE
What Am I?
• One of the 5 territories added to the U.S.
after 1801
• Located in the northwest
• Divided between the U.S. and Great
Britain
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• Oregon Territory
What Am I?
• Provided a weak national government
• Gave Congress no power to tax or
regulate commerce
• Provided for no common currency
• Gave each state one vote regardless of
size
• Provided for no executive or judicial
branch
I Am…
• The Articles of Confederation
What Am I?
• Written by James Madison
• Written guarantee of individual freedoms
• The first ten amendments to the
Constitution
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• The Bill of Rights
What Am I?
• Occurred in 1774
• Delegates from all the colonies met
• The delegates discussed problems with
England and promoted independence
I Am…
• The First Continental Congress
Carpenters Hall, where the first
Continental Congress took place
What Am I?
• War between England and France
• Fought over land in the Ohio River Valley
• England would go on to tax the colonists
to pay for this war
I Am…
• The French and Indian War
What Am I?
• Occurred in 1775
• Happened in Massachusetts
• Site of the first armed conflict of the
Revolutionary War
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• Lexington and Concord
What Am I?
• Occurred in 1803
• Bought from France
• Happened when Thomas Jefferson was
President
• Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
explored it
I Am…
• The Louisiana Purchase
What Am I?
• One of the 5 territories acquired by the
U.S.
• Acquired with the Onis-Adams Treaty of
1819
• Acquired it from Spain
I Am…
• Florida
What Am I?
• States that people establish government to
protect their rights
• Government derives power from the people
• People have a right to change a government
that violates their rights
• States people have unalienable rights to life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
• Inspired by John Locke
• Thomas Jefferson was the major author
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• The Declaration of Independence
What Am I?
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Happened during the Revolutionary War
Boston
1770
Colonists were shot after taunting British
soldiers
I Am…
• Boston Massacre
What Am I?
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Occurred during the Revolutionary War
1773
Led by Samuel Adams and Paul Revere
Patriots threw tea into Boston Harbor to
protest tea taxes
I Am…
• The Boston Tea Party
What Am I?
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Battle during the Revolutionary War
1777
Turning point of the war
Americans won
I Am..
• Battle of Saratoga
What Am I?
• Pamphlet written during the Revolutionary
War
• Written by Thomas Paine
• Stated that independence from Great
Britain made common sense
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• Common Sense
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Revolutionary War event
1781
Happened in Virginia
American and French forces defeated the
forces of Lord Cornwallis
• Marked the end of the Revolutionary War
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• Surrender at Yorktown
What Am I?
• One of the new territories gained by the
U.S. after 1801
• Became an independent republic
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• Texas
What Am I?
• Time period
• Many people migrated during this time
• The Abolitionist and Suffrage Movements
began
• The U.S. acquired 5 new territories during
this time frame
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• Westward Expansion Era
What Am I?
• Leaders included both men and women
• Demanded immediate freeing of slaves
• Felt slavery was morally wrong, cruel,
inhumane, and a violation of democracy
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• Abolitionist Movement
What Am I?
• Favored a strong national government
• Favored limit on states’ powers
• Favored development of industry on a
national scale
• Favored a national bank
• Led by Alexander Hamilton
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• The Federalist Party
What Am I?
• 1783
• Document
• England recognized American
independence
• Treaty
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• Treaty of Paris
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Favored a weak national government
Supported states’ powers
Favored small businesses and farmers
Opposed a national bank
Led by Thomas Jefferson
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• Democratic Republicans or AntiFederalists
What Am I?
• Many people flocked to California
• Earned the nickname “49ers”
• In search of a precious metal
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• California Gold Rush
What Am I?
• Allows each branch of government to
check the power of the other
• Prevents any one branch from gaining too
much power
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• Checks and balances
What Am I?
• Increased the productivity of the American
farmer
• Invented by Cyrus McCormick and Jo
Anderson
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• The reaper
What Am I?
• One of the 5 territories added to the U.S.
after 1801
• Gained this territory as a result of a war
with Mexico
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• California and the Southwest Territory
What Am I?
• Structure of the government
• Based on James Madison’s “Virginia Plan”
• Consists of the Legislative, Executive, and
Judicial
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• The Three Branches of Government
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Specific time period
War
1775-1781
Americans fought against the British
Fought for independence
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• Revolutionary War
What Am I?
• Led by strong women who began their campaign
before the Civil War and continued after the war
ended
• Declared “all men and women were created
equal”
• Believed women were denied basic rights such
as the right to vote, educational opportunities,
equal opportunities in business, and limited in
rights to own property
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• The Suffrage Movement
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
and Susan B. Anthony
What Am I?
• Increased the production of cotton
• Increased the need for slave labor
• Invented by Eli Whitney
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• Cotton gin
What Am I?
• Provided faster river transportation
• Connected Southern farms and
plantations to Northern industries
• Invented by Robert Fulton
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• Steamboat
What Am I?
• Invention
• Provided faster land transportation
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• Steam locomotive
What Am I?
• Overland trails
• Allowed people to migrate westward
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• Oregon and Santa Fe Trails
What do you know?
• In the late 1840s, a gold rush led many
people to move to —
• A Texas
• B Kansas
• C California
• D Louisiana
Answer
• C California
What do you know?
Which of the following
took place before the
event shown in this
picture?
A The signing of the
Declaration of
Independence
B The meeting of the
First Continental
Congress
C The Stamp Act
D The Battle of Saratoga
Colonial Protesters, 1773
Answer
• C The Stamp Act
What Do You Know?
• The War of 1812 resulted in the United
States gaining —
• F trade agreements with France
• G respect from other countries
• H use of the Mississippi River
• J land for growing cash crops
Answer
• G respect from other countries
What Do You Know?
• What was the most important result of
the 1783 Treaty of Paris?
• A Britain gained American territory.
• B France agreed to fight with the
Americans.
• C Britain recognized American
independence.
• D France decided to trade with the
Americans.
Answer
• C Britain recognized American
independence
What Do You Know?
• The Monroe Doctrine was a warning to
—
• F American Indians (First Americans)
• G European nations
• H rebellious colonists
• J slave owners
Answer
• G European nations
What Do You Know?
• By the mid 1700s, American colonists were
unhappy with English rule because —
• A England refused to protect them from the
French
• B they thought the British king was weak
• C England would not buy colonial-made goods
• D they had no representation in Parliament
Answer
• D they had no representation in
Parliament
What Do You Know?
• England passed the Stamp Act in the
colonies to —
• F raise money to pay for a war
• G take control of foreign trade
• H put governors in total control
• J give people the right to vote
Answer
• F raise money to pay for a war
What Do You Know?
• What contribution did Phyllis Wheatley
make to the American Revolution?
• A She wrote poems that supported
independence.
• B She helped African Americans escape
to freedom.
• C She taught soldiers in the Continental
Army.
• D She served as a member of the colonial
legislature.
Answer
• A She wrote poems that supported
independence.
What Do You Know?
Which country’s
name replaces
the question
mark?
F Spain
G France
H Holland
J Mexico
Answer
• F Spain
What Do You Know?
• In which movement was Isabel
Sojourner Truth an active leader?
• A Suffrage
• B Temperance
• C Independence
• D Progressive
Answer
• A Suffrage
What Do You Know?
• The legislative branch is responsible
for —
• A judging laws
• B making the laws
• C interpreting laws
• D carrying out the laws
Answer
• B making the laws
What Do You Know?
• One weakness of the United States
government under the Articles of
• Confederation was that the —
• F Congress could not collect taxes
• G large states had too many votes
• H Supreme Court had too much power
• J small states had no independence
Answer
• F Congress could not collect taxes
What Do You Know?
• One of the reasons the Erie Canal was
important was because it —
• A made it easier to bring water to farms
• B was a route to the Gulf of Mexico
• C made it easier to cross the Rocky
Mountains
• D provided a faster route westward
Answer
• D provided a faster route westward
What Do You Know?
• Which political idea of John Locke
influenced American independence?
• F Natural rights
• G Secession
• H Strong leaders
• J Federalism
Answer
• F Natural rights
What Do You Know?
• The Bill of Rights was added to the
Constitution of the United States to
guarantee —
• A separation of powers
• B individual freedoms
• C federal control
• D rule of law
Answer
• B individual freedoms
What Do You Know?
• What inventor developed a form of
transportation that connected different
regions of the United States?
• A Frederick Douglass
• B Benjamin Franklin
• C Robert Fulton
• D Cyrus McCormick
Answer
• C Robert Fulton
What Do You Know?
• Which of the following
best completes the
chart?
• F Farmers became more
productive
• G Production of cotton
increased
• H Land transportation
was faster
• J Amount of taxes
decreased
Cause
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Invention of the Reaper
Effect
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Answer
• F Farmers became more productive
What Do You Know?
What territory did
President Thomas
Jefferson ask
Meriwether Lewis and
William Clark to
explore?
F1
G2
H3
J4
Territorial Expansion, 1801–1861
Answer
• H3
What Do You Know?
Which sign would most
likely have been carried
by an abolitionist?
A1
B2
C3
D4
Answer
C3
What Do You Know?
Territorial Expansion, 1801–1861
What is the darker
shaded area on the
map?
A Louisiana Purchase
B California
C Oregon Territory
D Texas
Answer
• C Oregon Territory